TULKARM, April 23, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 87th consecutive day, and for the 74th day against the Nur Shams camp, amid an ongoing escalation of incursions, raids, and vandalism.
WAFA correspondent reported that a loud explosion was heard this morning in the Jabal al-Iskan area opposite the Nur Shams camp, east of Tulkarm city. It later emerged that the occupation forces had detonated a suspicious object in the area.
She added that the occupation forces continue their siege of the Nur Shams camp, deploying infantry units around it and within its neighborhoods, specifically Jabal al-Nasr and Jabal al-Salihin, amidst the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs. They pursue residents who attempt to reach their homes to check on them or retrieve any belongings, if any. They arrest young men and take them to military barracks in the area.
Last night, the Tulkarm camp witnessed a heavy deployment of occupation soldiers, who wreaked havoc and destroyed the property of its residents after expelling them, rendering the camp empty and devoid of any signs of life.
Eyewitnesses reported that occupation forces were present at dawn today in the al-Hadaida neighborhood, conducting extensive searches and combing operations. They also fired flares into the skies above the camp, which was closed off with earth mounds and sections of it with barbed wire, isolating it from its surroundings.
In a related development, occupation forces and bulldozers stormed the al-Salam neighborhood and the Dhnaba suburb east of the city at dawn today. They patrolled the main streets and took up positions in various sections of the neighborhood, conducting sweeps and searches in the area.
In parallel, the city of Tulkarm is witnessing a daily escalation in incursions and raids on its neighborhoods and markets. These raids include the deployment of foot and mobile vehicles, amid provocative and arbitrary measures against citizens, particularly young men, including detention, abuse, confiscation of their ID cards and mobile phones, and, in many cases, arrest.
The occupation forces continued their campaign of forced displacement of residents of the eastern neighborhood of the city, in the area adjacent to the Abu al-Foul neighborhood in Tulkarm camp, forcing a number of families to evacuate their homes.
The occupation forces also continued to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. They also stationed their vehicles and bulldozers in the vicinity.
The occupation forces' ongoing aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the killing of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. They also injured and arrested dozens.
These attacks also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 24,000 residents, in addition to hundreds of citizens from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and a number of them converted into military barracks.
The aggression caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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